We can save the OpenGL rendering result to a video using OpenCV buildt-in VideoWriter class. There are three steps:
Create a video file to write
- Read OpenGL framebuffer
- Close the video file
- Create a Video File to Write
“video.avi” is the name of the file to save, 20.0f is fourcc, width and height are the size of the window. Finally, true indicate that we are saving
cv::VideoWriter outputVideo;
outputVideo.open( "video.avi", -1, 20.0f, cv::Size( width, height ), true);Read OpenGL framebuffer
cv::Mat pixels( height, width, CV_8UC3 );
glReadPixels(0, 0, width, height, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels.data );
cv::Mat cv_pixels( height, width, CV_8UC3 );
for( int y=0; y<height; y++ ) for( int x=0; x<width; x++ )
{
cv_pixels.at<cv::Vec3b>(y,x)[2] = pixels.at<cv::Vec3b>(height-y-1,x)[0];
cv_pixels.at<cv::Vec3b>(y,x)[1] = pixels.at<cv::Vec3b>(height-y-1,x)[1];
cv_pixels.at<cv::Vec3b>(y,x)[0] = pixels.at<cv::Vec3b>(height-y-1,x)[2];
}
outputVideo << cv_pixels;Close the video file
outputVideo.release();Sample Code On Github
